Gulag Letters (Hardcover)

Arsenii Formakov; Edited by Emily D. Johnson

Series: Yale-Hoover Series on Authoritarian Regimes

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A poignant collection of letters written by the Latvian poet, novelist, and newspaper editor Arsenii Formakov while interned in Soviet labor camps Emily Johnson has translated and edited a fascinating collection of letters written by Arsenii Formakov, a Latvian Russian poet, novelist, and journalist, during two terms in Soviet labor camps, 1940 to 1947 in Kraslag and 1949 to 1955 in Kamyshlag and Ozerlag. This correspondence, which Formakov mailed home to his family in Riga, provides readers with a firsthand account of the workings of the Soviet penal system and testifies to the hardships of daily life for Latvian prisoners in the Gulag.

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Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Yale-Hoover Series on Authoritarian Regimes
Release date:	July 2017
Authors:	Arsenii Formakov
Editors:	Emily D. Johnson
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-20931-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Marxism & Communism Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General Promotions
LSN:	0-300-20931-2
Barcode:	9780300209310